The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-14
AMENDING THE LAW.
CullOm's Measure to Correct
the Defects
IN TaB COMMERCE STATUTE.
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IriaI-News Notes
Uullom's Commerce Bill

WAsHINGToE, December l3.-The bill
introduced by Senator CulIom, to-day,
TO amend the Interstate Commerce
net, en- bodies the most important sug.
gestions that have been made for the
correction OF defects in the law, includ
ing the recommendation of the com
missiouers. The amendments are
voluminous and minute, and in legal
form. The following is a synopsis of
the more important provisions:
First-Io extend the pTovisionso the
act so az to make 1T apply TO the express
sleeping car, stock car and tank Car
companies, and auy other company,
association or person furnishing fer
the public use on railroad cars and
other instrumentalities for the trans
portation of persons and property.
second-The words "other carriers"
are inserted twice in the fifth section,
so as to prohibit pooling between differ
snt railroads and other carriers.
Thlrd-In the sixth section. which
relates to the publication of rates and
provisions with respect to the advance.
and reduction in rates, are repealed, SO
as to apply specifically to joint through
rates. The short haul provision is als3
repealed, in order that there shall be no
question that it also applies TO joint
through rates.
Fourth-As TO the short haul proVi-
sion, it is provided that where COM
plant is made against two or more car
riers for violating it, and the violation
occurs between points of road of one
Snly, that road only shall be held liable
for violation.
Fifth-rhe Commissioner is author
lied to prescribe the form in which the
schedule prescribed by the law for pub
lie inspection shall be prepared or ar
ranged. No special form is prescribed
by law.
Sixth-The Commissioner is-also au-
thori2eG TO make provision for official
publications of its decisions.
Seventh An addition TO section
e{feen, which relates to compensation
Scr damages, is proposed to the effect
That when complainant is seeking to
recover damages, the carrier may file
with the Commission its consent that
the Commission may pay on the ques-
tioR of damages, and in such case
the carrier shall be bound by the
decision OF the Commission, and the
decision of the Commission shall stan
as judgment which may be enforce
by eXeetion by United States Msrshals,
IN Cno same m&nDeT Us Judgments Ol Tue
United States Circuit Court are en-
forced. In case such assent
is not filed, the Commission may in
Vestigate and report on the subject of
damages, and if it shall report that the
complainant has suffered damages to a
specified amount, it may name the time
for the payment of such damages. and
if the carrier shall make payment within
the time named, the same shall be in
full satisfaction of any claim the COM
plainant may have under the act in re-
spect to the grievances complained of
but if such ayr .ement is not made, the
complainant may proosed in any United
States court of competent jurisdiction, to
recover damages for wrong suffered,
and such proceedings finding and report
of the commission, shall be prinoG fdcic
evidence of I'll facts found. A proVi-
sion is also made to take the Commits
sion out of the jurisdiction of the In
terror Department, and make it indie
pendent. and to require it to report di-
rect to Congress, as commended by
the Secretary of the Interior.
There are some other minor changes,
bat these are the most important ones,